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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 08, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes sunday september 8, 1985 special kind of prop Jet a crash air jumbo Jet looks out of the Wall of healer in Rubt Jen near Switzerland s capital of Bern. The Wood and paper Jet now is part of Swiss artist Franz Hohler stage decorations for a cabaret show. Gorbachev assails Oil production lag says he won t ban sales of alcohol Moscow up soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev blasted managers in Western Siberia s troubled Oil producing Region Friday but he assured the country he would not introduce a Law Banning All alcohol sales. Gorbachev is on a tour of Western Siberia taking a first hand look at problems that have led to a serious drop in Oil production in the soviet Union the worlds largest pro Ducer. Speaking to communist party and administrative officials in the City of Tyumen the soviet Leader said falling Oil production is creating difficulties in the National econ omy and instead of shrinking this lag is  he scolded officials for the frequent practice of submit Ting incorrect statistics and evaluation reports to Central authorities out of consideration of their Honor or for other  one must not do that comrades Gorbachev told them. It is hard to manage matters correctly when you Don t have objective information. New mistakes and errors Are inevitable with such an approach. And in View of the vast scope of affairs it could Lead to huge  in answer to a question however Gorbachev assured his audience that rumours he was about to step up his anti alcoholism Campaign and impose a dry Law that would ban All alcohol sales were incorrect. I Don t think the government has logo that far he said. It is an extreme measure which has never justified itself  his nationally televised message was carried to millions of viewers. Falling Oil production is indeed one of the soviet Union s biggest problems not Only because it is needed for Domestic consumption but also because it is an important earner of hard currency needed for purchases of Western Grain and advanced Industrial equipment. Production began slipping in 1983 and declined 4 per cent during the first four months of this year according to official soviet sources. More than 60 percent of soviet Oil is produced in Western Siberia. Western Oil experts predicted that the Region would not meet its goal of 628 million metric tons for 1985. They said production could drop below 600 million metric tons a 2 percent drop from 1984 Levels. Gorbachev replaced his Oil minister earlier this year in an Effort to begin tackling the problems and has called for tighter organization of the Industry s management. He acknowledged the difficulties of working in the re Gion the siberian Forest is swampy in the summer and Frozen solid for the rest of the year. Nevertheless he said production should be improved. He also repeated criticism of the Industry for exploiting easy surface Oil reserves and wasting much of it rather than extracting Oil from less accessible deeper reserves from the beginning of Oil exploitation in the Region 20 years ago. It is Clear today that the Golden fountains,1 the Lime of easy Oil if it can be put thus is Over that we must develop More difficult Fields he told his audience. Winds Cut n. Europe Terry traffic Hamburg Germany up much of the ferry traffic to danish and German islands in the North and Baltic seas remained severed saturday As Hurricane Force winds continued to lash Northwestern Germany and South Ern Denmark authorities said. The search for a third missing crewman of a dutch sailing yacht wrecked in the East frisian islands of West Germany by the two Day Northwestern was Given up As hopeless after the bodies of his two comrades washed ashore police on the North sea Island of Langer of said. On Friday the ferocious Northwestern packing Force 12 winds briefly grounded the soviet cruise ship Estonia at Nobel laureate Burnet Dies Melbourne. Australia a sir Macfarlane Burnet Australia s Only Nobel laureate for Medicine has died at his son s Home in port fairy Victoria at 85. Burnel won the Nobel pric for Medicine in 1960 for his work in immunology. The Mouth of the Weser River As it attempted to Call at the North sea port of Bremerhaven. In the port of Luebeck on the Baltic sea coast five labourers were Hurt Friday when heavy winds toppled scaffolding and ripped part of a Gable from a House they were repairing. The sea route to the North sea Island of Helgoland remained Cut for lie second Day saturday and ferry traffic was severed in the Baltic Between the German Island of Fehman and the danish Island of Lolland a main North South route. Huge traffic jams built up on both the danish and German approaches to the key Baltic crossing and some traffic had to be rerouted through the Jutland Peninsula authorities said. The heavy gusts also prompted police to put the Mainland Bridge to Fehman off limits to Light trucks and campers. Passenger ship traffic in the heavily travelled Kiel fjord of the Bailie however was resumed saturday after a one Day interruption police said. The powerful gales continued to Block ferry traffic to the isolated East frisian islands including the popular resort Isle of Sylt. World today Greece rebuts charges nation in t Safe for foreign tourists Athens Greece up1 the government has de fended itself against charges that Greece is not Safe for tourists and not combating terrorism sufficiently. We Are convinced that Greece is one of the latest countries and is in the Best position to provide safety for tourists government spokesman Colas Laliotis said. Laliotis made his comments in the Wake of a hand grenade attack on a luxury Seaside Hoichi in the suburb of Gly Fada. Nineteen British tourists were injured in the attack and sin of them arc still hospitalized. The incident was the second attack within a month on i hotel frequented by British tourists. East German Border guard flees across Frontier to West Hanover Germany a a 21-year-old East German Border guard fled across the heavily guarded Frontier to West Germany authorities said. The Soldier Cut his hands while climbing Over the Metal Fence on the cast German Side of the Border they said. However Border police said that he was not serious Ivy Hurt. The Soldier was wearing his uniform but carried no weapon. The Soldier s identity was not disclosed. West German authorities with he cd identities of East German escapees to protect relatives they May have left behind. Egyptian president to address Council of Europe in january Strasbourg France a president Hosni Mubarak of Egypt will pay an official visit to the 21-nation Council of Europe next january Council officials said. The egyptian Leader will address the Winter session of the Council s parliamentary Assembly. According to Council sources. Prime minister Shimon Peres of Israel has been invited to the May session of the Assembly. The Strasbourg based Council is an International organization created in 1949 to Foster intergovernmental cooperation among West european governments. Neither Israel nor Egypt is a member of the Council but israeli parliamentarians participate in the Assembly a Sions As observers. They have the right to address the plenary but cannot vote. Leftists bomb Homes of officials overseeing Airport expansion Tokyo a Ultra leftists launched coordinated nighttime attacks and set fire to the Homes of two officials overseeing the expansion of the new Tokyo International Airport at Narilia police officials said. The radicals planted timed fire bombs in the garages of an Airport police official and a prefectural Engineer and the fires gutted their Homes garages and three cars said Chiba prefectural police spokesman Kaichi Sato. No one was injured in the blazes Salo said. Wearing of earrings banned during e. German army parades Berlin up East German army chiefs have banned the wearing of earrings on Parade by men or women the Armee Mundschau army Magazine said. _ answering a question from a Young Reader the official cast German Magazine said such jewelry was not Compa Tible with the Honor and dignity of the armed forces. French Premier gives award to 6 space shuttle astronauts Paris a Premier Laurent Fabius has decorated the six astronauts from the june Mission of the space shuttle discovery including Frenchman Patrick Baudry with the legion of Honor medal. After congratulating the six during a reception the Premier said he hoped for the development of space cooperation Between the United states France and saudi Ara Bia which also sent a Man on the Mission. Dan Brandenstein commander of flight 51-c, Pilot John o Creighton John Fabian Shannon Lucid and from rebultan Al Saud Are accompanying Baudry on a Lour of France to visit aerospace installations and satellite factories  
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